eating, like anorexia and bulimia nervosa, have even been referred to as the,

¡°white girl's disease.¡±(8) However, most studies of eating disorders involving women of

color, often contradict that myth. (7) The following story of one Latina woman's

experience with anorexia, is quite appropriate to the topic of myths and

generalizations.

"After Karen [Carpenter] died and all the media coverage, I went to the doctor to tell him that I also had anorexia. I was severely underweight and my skin had a yellow undertone. After examining me he told me, ¡®You don't have anorexia, only white women can get that disease.' It was 10 years until I went to another doctor." (8)